Alien life could be shielded by seas or smog

• Autores: Mika McKinnon
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3155, 2017, pág. 10
• Idioma: inglés
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  • A team led by Matt Tilley at the University of Washington, discover that thick haze like the one on primordial Earth or now swathing Saturn's moon Titan might survive the solar flares. Floating droplets of hydrocarbon vapour clouds are really efficient at absorbing ultraviolet radiation, says Jaymie Matthews at the University of British Columbia, Canada, wherein it's not an ozone layer, it's a smog shield. Moreover, Matthew added, that even without an atmosphere, oceans could survive under ice, specifically deep enough oceans could also shield life.